Dr. Sophia Elissa Altin, MD

Dr. Altin practices at Newington VA Clinic in Newington, Connecticut.

Dr. Altin's NPI, 1619152154, was assigned on January 3, 2008. Dr. Altin graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2006. Dr. Altin holds Connecticut license 054055.

Dr. Altin's primary practice is Newington VA Clinic, at 555 Willard Ave, Newington, CT 06111. The practice phone is (860) 667-6727.

Dr. Altin's primary practice is Newington VA Clinic in Newington, Connecticut. Dr. Altin is also affiliated with Yale New Haven Hospital. The medical group on file is Yale Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Altin to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Altin practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Altin's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dmand AI has Dr. Altin's licenses on file in 2 states: Connecticut and New York.

CMS data shows 59 Medicare services from Dr. Altin across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 42 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,180 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 42 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Altin in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 14 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 33% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.36, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Altin's median patient age at 75, with 55% women.

In 2021, Dr. Altin wrote 38 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 3 drugs, with $4,614 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 39 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Altin for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Altin accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 11 procedures of coronary angioplasty and stenting by Dr. Altin, more than 30% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 41 papers to Dr. Altin, published from 2011 to 2024. 2023 was the busiest year, with 10. The most frequent topics are Peripheral Arterial Disease, Femoral Artery and Amputation, Surgical. Dr. Altin has published most often in Am J Cardiol. Dr. Altin's most frequent co-authors are Mahmoud Ismayl, MBBS, Carlos I. Mena-Hurtado, MD and Ahmed Salah Ahmed Aboeata.

CMS Open Payments shows 25 general payments to Dr. Altin from 9 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Cardiovascular Systems Inc. paid the most, $1,540.

Dr. Altin graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2006.